# General Yoyo Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 20, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204 "2019-08-20T20:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 76
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1507 "2020-06-11T13:31:29Z")
lol I love this ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1508 "2020-06-12T17:04:01Z")
I just bought a resin 3D printer this week. I will probably try and make some 5A counterweights for myself, but I need some design inspirations! ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1509 "2020-06-12T17:59:53Z")
Rubiks cube ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1510 "2020-06-12T18:00:27Z")
I printed a counterweight one time, it was too big though. ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1511 "2020-06-12T19:39:48Z")
I think there was a YYE 3D model floating around here at one point? Maybe I’m crazy. And an X is probably not the best shape for a counterweight. (My resin printer is covid trapped at school. I miss it.) ---
**Author:** ![beezy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beezy/32/161690_2.png) [@beezy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beezy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1512 "2020-06-12T22:49:12Z")
> [@gregoryfromearth](#): > > covid trapped That’s a new term for me :joy: 😢 ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1513 "2020-06-13T02:02:29Z")
This is what I was thinking of. It does not look useful for a counterweight. [https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/3d-printing/302206](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/3d-printing/302206) ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1514 "2020-06-13T02:15:42Z")
I just meant a like a regular cube shape. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1515 "2020-06-13T06:54:35Z")
Something like this, I imagine? ![cube_cw](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/7/d/a7dbf2646d1abd3c49ba37690d8feebce5921743.png) The thing is, it won’t really look like a Rubik’s Cube without the faces painted the six canonical colors. And unfortunately I would expect the paint to start wearing away before very long. ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1516 "2020-06-13T15:33:10Z")
What about a down scaled yo-yo as a counterweight? ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1517 "2020-06-13T15:50:42Z")
Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1518 "2020-06-13T16:22:10Z")
> [@gregoryfromearth](#): > > What about a down scaled yo-yo as a counterweight? I thought about that too. I’ve seen photos of folks who have used actual tiny yoyos as counterweights. However, a yoyo model scaled down to about 21mm (the size of a Duncan CW die) might be too small to be recognizable as a yoyo. Like, when I see the Mighty Flea, I don’t see a yoyo, I just see a small metal blob. ---
**Author:** ![100FatYoyoDads](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/100fatyoyodads/32/198123_2.png) [@100FatYoyoDads](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/100FatYoyoDads)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1519 "2020-06-13T16:25:19Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1519))_ Which ones harder. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1520 "2020-06-13T17:05:00Z")
Beef hook no question. Reverse hook is even easier than standard hidemasa hook. ---
**Author:** ![100FatYoyoDads](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/100fatyoyodads/32/198123_2.png) [@100FatYoyoDads](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/100FatYoyoDads)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1521 "2020-06-13T23:16:49Z")
How is reverse hook easier than normal hook lol. Maybe for some people it is or it’s just because the motion is realllllly weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1522 "2020-06-13T23:54:58Z")
I voted wrong it’s beef hook. ---
**Author:** ![100FatYoyoDads](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/100fatyoyodads/32/198123_2.png) [@100FatYoyoDads](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/100FatYoyoDads)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1523 "2020-06-16T15:58:48Z")
Why > **[Sengoku](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/sengoku?variant=28928932053066)** > > Sengoku is a new company based in Nagakute, Japan creating some amazing high performance yo-yos with a cool story. The name Sengoku is an era in Japanese history when the country was in an internal war of samurai clans, finished only when Japan was... ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1524 "2020-06-16T18:29:23Z")
I get where he’s coming from. Idk if I would say it’s easier but once I got it down it’s just as effortless for me as regular hook is ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1525 "2020-06-17T06:59:04Z")
![20200614_133946](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/d/fbda2639864da2a545faf21b2819ccb7b97455b8.jpeg) Oh Pyro 66…why do you like to eat strings? (what’s the best way to fix this? I’ve gently rubbed the engraving area, didn’t see any burrs around the bearing seat)… ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1526 "2020-06-17T09:23:04Z")
It could be the engraving causing that ☹ Have you tried rubbing it against denim? [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204.md?page=75) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204.md?page=77)